Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 15:31:53 +0100 From: Andreas Ntaflos <ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net> To: UCTC Sysadmin <ecsd@transbay.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dual-boot problems: ad0=freebsd, ad2=windows but booteasy only boots freebsd when F5 is pressed Message-ID: <3A002959.8202AED@gmx.net> References: <39FF14BA.B8D057E0@transbay.net>
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i had that problem too. if i recall correctly, i kinda solved it by leaving the windows-disk on the primary master channel, and having the MBR on that disk. i dont know an other way to solve this, and when reinstalling windows, it overwrites the MBR anyway with its own entries, no matter which disk it is, AFAIK. but (i am not so sure as i am not very experienced with this yet) i think the MBR must always be on the first disk on the first ide channel to work correctly... dont know if this helps, anyway regards Andreas Ntaflos UCTC Sysadmin wrote: > I installed Windows on IDE channel 0, then moved it to channel 1. > I then installed FreeBSD on channel 0 with the windows disk active on channel 1, > but during install I selected only the ad0 drive to participate in the install. > > When the system boots I am offered F1 = FreeBSD and F5 = Disk 1, and pressing > F5 only boots FreeBSD again. > > I've tried variations including some use of boot0cfg, too much detail to report, > except that after running boot0cfg against the Windows disk, F5 on the first > disk gets to booteasy on the 2nd disk but now the system reports that F1 = Windows. > (Why doesn't the first booteasy report F5 = Windows instead of F5 = Disk 1?) > > The question is: > > If I have a Windows disk that was master on IDE channel 0, then move it to master > on channel 1 and want to install FreeBSD on the master on channel 0, what do > I have to do to make it dual-boot properly? I want to leave the Windows disk the > second drive and leave the MBR on the Windows disk alone, because the user keeps > trashing Windows and clobbers booteasy (losing easy access to FreeBSD) when > reinstalling Windows when Windows is the first drive. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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